The Rhode Island Republican

We have been requested by several respected
friends in the county to publish the following.
We do not know whether it has ever before appeared
in print.

A Hymn composed by the Rev. ELRathan
Wickunskrek, and sung by him in his last
moments.

Farewell dear friends in Christ below.
I bid you all a short adieu--
My time is come, I long to go
I trust I soon my Lord shall view.

I thank you for your kindness shown
My Jesus will reward you all,
I leave you with the Lord alone,
Till he from earth your souls shall call.

Farewell dear neighbors, brethren, friends,
I hope we soon shall meet with joy--
My heavenly Father for me sends
I go where nothing can annoy.

Adieu to you mine enemies--
You that have sought to do me harm
By slander, envy, rage and lies.
But God upheld me with his arm.

I wish you all eternal life
I owe you not the least ill will
My soul is free from wrath and strife;
Though me you hate- I love you still.

Adieu: thou sun, ye stars and moon,
No longer shall I need your light,
My God's my sun--he makes my noon,
My day shall never change to night.

Adieu to all things here below,
Vain world I leave your fleeting joys,
Adieu to sin, fear pain, and woe,
And welcome bright eternal joys.

Temptations, troubles, griefs. adieu!
Sorrows becloud my face no more
I go to pleasures ever new
Where toils and strifes are known no more.

Now I have done with earthly things,
And all to come is boundless bliss
My eager spirit spreads her wings-
Jesus says come-I answer, yes!.

Weep not dear friends, I tell you all;
I go to dwell with Christ on high,
I hear my blessed Savior call-
And trusting in his promise, die.

Father, I come to thee above,
All things below I leave behind;
The fountain of eternal love,
I open'd to my joyful mind.

ETERNITY-transporting sound-
While God exists my heaven remains.
Fulness of joy that knows no bound,
Shall make my soul forget its pains.